Emma Woollacott
Emma Woollacott is a freelance journalist writing for publications including the BBC, Private Eye, Forbes, Raconteur and specialist technology titles.
Latest articles by Emma Woollacott

Amazon's RTO mandate just hit a major roadblock
By Emma Woollacott published
News The company has told staff in several locations that it won't have room for them all in time

More women are opting for computing degrees, but BCS warns there’s still a long way to go
By Emma Woollacott published
News Figures show the gap in numbers between men and women is narrowing

GPU cloud startup Vultr secures AMD backing in $333 million investment round
By Emma Woollacott published
News The firm plans to use the cash to expand AI infrastructure and cloud computing globally

Nearly all of the top US banks were impacted by third party breaches last year
By Emma Woollacott published
News Third party data breaches continue to plague organizations despite globally

The data analytics market is booming – here's why
By Emma Woollacott published
News Prescriptive analytics and a rise in AI-native vendors look set to fuel major growth over the next five years

Content creators wary of UK's AI copyright consultation
By Emma Woollacott published
News Balancing the interests of content creators and AI firms is a tricky business

Machine identity attacks will be top of mind for security leaders in 2025
By Emma Woollacott published
News Security leaders say access tokens and service accounts represent an increasing risk

‘SaaS dependency’ is becoming a major issue for tech leaders
By Emma Woollacott published
News The survey highlighted issues around maintenance, innovation, and data

Security researchers set up an API honeypot to dupe hackers – and the results were startling
By Emma Woollacott published
News A mock API attracted hackers immediately, with attacks coming from all over the world

Nokia hails success of Europe’s first commercial 5G cloud RAN deployment
By Emma Woollacott published
News Elise says its 5G cloud network puts it in a strong position during a move towards 6G

Firms still slacking on gender diversity
By Emma Woollacott published
News Male IT leaders remain complacent about gender diversity despite widespread skills shortages

Threat of personal liability has CISOs sweating
By Emma Woollacott published
News With increased scrutiny, boards need to ramp up support for CISOs

Europol just took down 27 DDoS-for-hire sites
By Emma Woollacott published
News The festive period period usually sees a big bump in DDoS attacks - but this year may be a little safer

Apple has invested £18 billion in the UK since 2019
By Emma Woollacott last updated
News Apple has invested upwards on £18 billion in the UK and doubled its engineering headcount since 2019.

UK banks weathered the storm of cyber threats in 2024 – here’s why
By Emma Woollacott published
News New FCA rules appear to be working, as the number of cyber attacks on regulated financial institutions falls

Nearly half of workers admit to using shadow AI
By Emma Woollacott published
News While enterprises are ramping up the use of AI tools, employees are opting for their own solutions

Kyndryl and Nokia extend partnership to drive data center networking gains
By Emma Woollacott published
News The companies plan to offer more data center networking options aimed at enterprise customers

Termite ransomware gang claims responsibility for Blue Yonder cyber attack
By Emma Woollacott published
News As Blue Yonder works to help customers recover, new ransomware gang Termite says it has stolen 680GB of data

Sharp continues European IT services push with latest acquisition
By Emma Woollacott published
News Apsia will boost Sharp's expertise as it works to expand its European business

Meta just unveiled plans to spend $10 billion on its largest-ever data center
By Emma Woollacott published
News The Louisiana facility will be optimized for AI workloads

First of its kind four-day week trial shows huge physical and mental health benefits
By Emma Woollacott published
News Workers on a four-day week were less stressed and exhausted, and productivity remained the same

US energy contractor ENGlobal reveals ransomware attack
By Emma Woollacott published
News The federal supplier said access to its IT systems was limited as it works to recover

Microsoft hit with £1 billion lawsuit over competition claims
By Emma Woollacott published
News Customers using rival cloud services are paying too much for Windows Server, the complaint alleges
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